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    The first bomb dropped on Germany in WWII killed the only elephant in the Berlin zoo!
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    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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    Grenades were invented in China over 1,000 years ago.
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    Kung Fu actually originated in India, but was developed further in China.
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    London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight in 1807!
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    The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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    Fire Hydrant Patent
    Fire Hydrant Patent
    No one really knows who invented the fire hydrant, because its patent was burned in a fire.
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    In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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